Another Rant, Google this time

Belisaerio

Ohio Valley Roadway Cervine Assassination Service.
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Ohio, east of Cincinnati
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2025 Honda NT1100
Apparently with this last patch, Google believes I am their child. I was halfway home on my motorcycle when all sound from my phone shuts off. No response from headset controls. When I get home, there is a notice that Android has reduced my volume to a safer level. In their mind, apparently 'mute' is the safe level. I went online, found all the rants and changed all the setting everyone, including Google, said would turn this off. Then today, it did it again. So I called Google. Their response was to tell me how it's for my safety and I don't need to disable it. I told them I don't need an explanation, I need to turn the feature off. I know why they did it and they are wrong.

I can protect my hearing just fine without Mommy Google's help. I understand that wearing earplugs and a headset only makes sense in communities like ours, but, seriously, my settings are none of their business.
So I've now eliminated nearly every permission Google has, effectively turning it into a flip phone. When it dies, I'll get a flip phone. If I can't use it reliably on my motorcycle it's useless to me, since I use laptops everywhere else.
 
Rant justified. I've made the effort to block all google permissions with the exception of the few required for basic functionality on my phone and tablet (I do this for all apps). They've also tried to sneak "AI" into Android which I promptly removed.

I plan on installing linux on my next phone. ;)
 
stupid humans are only going to be self actuating for a little while longer…. the computers are poised to begin running every aspect of your life. You won’t be able to wipe your butt without a computer approving it.
You’ll have to download the StoolSpy app on your phone and after you grunt out a #2 you’ll have to take a picture of it, and only then will a machine hidden in your bathroom wall dispense what the computer algorithm decides is the correct (environmentally conscious and socially responsible ) amount of toilet tissue.
 
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